Pancakes for Dinner

When I have brain block about dinner; we have breakfast. Pancakes, waffles, French Toast. It all goes great with Sausage and eggs. The kids love shape pancakes and Jon was kind enough last night to oblige.

He loves me! He really loves me!! :). I got a heart. He made himself a boring circle. What a guy!
Mason's requested Tractor. Although, once he had a tractor he wanted a dump truck; no a backhoe, no a.... It's never ending with this kid.
Brooklyn decided she wanted a Santa hat. And yes, she ate that whole thing.
Julianne's was a Mickey Mouse, but she absolutely cannot stand to have food on her plate and not within her reach. Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough with the camera before she dug in. She loves it though, so that's good.

There's just nothing like Breakfast for dinner. In fact, I can't remember the last time we had breakfast for Breakfast. Besides cereal and oatmeal that is....

Crafties and Cooking

It sure is a good think my m-i-l loves me!! She sends me all these fun projects to do! Recently, Carole sent me a book of "Shaggy Bags" by Taylor Made Designs and asked me to make her one. IT WAS SO FUN!!! I went to the fabric store and couldn't resist buying fabric for two bags. She says I get to keep one, but I'm making her decide which one; so, they're both going to Utah. I told her, if anyone there wants the second one, I would just have to drag myself to the fabric store again. It would be torturous, but I could suffer through!

Bag #1, It's a messanger style bag and thanks to my inability to read and follow directions, I had to make up this cute little flower for the front. It actually turned out way better than I anticipated and so I was glad of my carelessness...this time, anyway!
It has a rather long strap and can be slung across the body (i.e. over the head and one shoulder, get what I mean?).
Bag #2 is almost exactly like the bag I'm using right now (I didn't realize that until I was half-way done...), but it is super cute.
Each outside-side has a pocket and it has cardboard in the bottom to help it keep its shape, but I almost wonder if I prefer it without. We'll see if it becomes mine....
Both bags have three pockets on the inside. One zipper pocket and two "open" pockets for cell phones, i-pods, or what-have-yous. They were really simple to make and as I said on my facebook....Sewing success makes me giddy!


THEN....
I really really really wanted dinner in a pumpkin again this year, since I didn't have to work last night, yesterday was the day!
I used this recipe again (Thanks, Recipe Round Table!)
And, except for the fact that I TOTALLY spaced to salt and pepper it, it was really tastey. Plus, this was a home-grown pumpkin thanks to the Pences!

Finally, I just couldn't resist a little copyright infringement. LifeTouch did Brooklyn's school pics and I think they turned out just great! How did I get such a beautiful girl???
(remember, this is a picture of a picture, so they look MUCH better in person...and don't print it please! Even though I have a lawyer husband, I don't think he could save me from such blatant illegalities....)

Happy Fall everyone!!

Happy Halloween!

Once again, Halloween has come and gone. I must admit. I used to love Halloween, but it's sort of lost its charm. I get excited for my kids but costuming them up and making them look "just right" stresses me out just a little. Plus, this year was a little on the disappointing side. We only dressed up one time. Usually we have 2 or 3 reasons to throw on the old costume. Of course, we did have another opportunity that we opted out of, but we won't discuss that.

Charm or no charm we participated in the events. Can't pass up an opportunity to squish around in a pumpkin and attempt to not cut your finger off....
I was telling some people at work the other day; things are fun to do with your kids, but inevitably it's actually you doing it. Who else, besides a parent, says "WE carved pumpkins last night" when in actuality, they were the only ones wielding a knife. Oh well. We had a good time. And, I saved my pumpkin for dinner in a pumpkin some night this week. (I think I'll use this recipe again...)
Finally, it came. The big night. We had friends over to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood with us, and after dinner got all set to go. Unfortunately, this is how Julianne felt about her costume:

A get-it-off-as-fast-as-you-can-while-screaming-your-head-off kind of moment.
I really really wanted a picture of her in it. She would have made SUCH a cute chicken..
Oh well. We had Buzz to keep us a safe,
and a beautiful ballerina for entertainment.
Finally I just handed Julianne her bag and let her go with a witch shirt on as a costume. People gave her candy regardless.. It's not like she's going to remember.. (except that I have all these super pictures).
Of course, we couldn't leave Conrad the Clown or Princess Hallie out. We so love it when they come to play. Especially when there's a bucket of sugar involved.

We wrapped the night up with a game of Settlers (which I very nearly won....) and called it good. On Halloween night, I worked and it was just another night. Hope everyone had a good time!! (and I sincerely hope all the candy around my house stays off my gut...) :)